Going by his past rulings on federal appeals courts, Trump SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be bad news for workers and unions…In today's labor history, longest UAW strike starts....Plus today’s labor quote by Tom Donahue.

Going by his past rulings on federal appeals courts, Trump SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be bad news for workers and unions…In today's labor history, longest UAW strike starts....Plus today’s labor quote by Tom Donahue.

“The Union Coalition told (Red Cross) management that workers will not make an agreement that takes them backward on wages or healthcare”…In today's labor history, clothing worker leader Sidney Hillman dies....Plus today’s labor quote by Mary McLeod Bethune.

“The Union Coalition told (Red Cross) management that workers will not make an agreement that takes them backward on wages or healthcare”…In today's labor history, clothing worker leader Sidney Hillman dies....Plus today’s labor quote by Mary McLeod Bethune.

IATSE 22 recently made Ron Moore, Head Driver for Clark Transfer, an honorary member of the local, “not only for his outstanding work, but for his unfailing good humor that made even all-night load outs at the National go smoothly…In today's labor history, New York City subway cleaners fight speed-up....Plus today’s labor quote by Bill Fletcher Jr.

IATSE 22 recently made Ron Moore, Head Driver for Clark Transfer, an honorary member of the local, “not only for his outstanding work, but for his unfailing good humor that made even all-night load outs at the National go smoothly…In today's labor history, New York City subway cleaners fight speed-up....Plus today’s labor quote by Bill Fletcher Jr.

Union City's Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin.

This week's labor history: Joe McCartin discusses “The largest worker uprising of the 19th century,” the Great Uprising of 1877. Joe and I also talk about When is it a “popular uprising” and when is it a “riot” (Spoiler alert: it depends on where you sit) and Joe also connects the 1877 uprising with the recent teacher strikes: both seemed spontaneous but were really the result of fuses lit long before they exploded into the public consciousness.

Regular contributor Saul Schniderman celebrates Woody Guthrie’s birthday by recounting the story of how Woody came to write “Union Maid” and Patrick Dixon takes us to Peru this week for a visit with Javier Puente, Assistant Professor of History at the Catholic University of Chile, who tells us about the general strike that took place in July 2004.

For this week’s Labor History Object of the Week, Ben Blake takes us deep into the George Meany Labor Archives for a very up close and personal look at what was in George’s desk when he retired after a 57-year career in organized labor.

Joe McCartin is professor of history at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.

Javier Puente is Assistant Professor of History at the Catholic University of Chile in Santiago.

Patrick Dixson is a research analyst at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.

Chris Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington AFL-CIO, hosts Union City Radio on WPFW 89.3FM.

Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at [email protected]

Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock.

Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services https://unionist.com/

This week's music:

“If The Workers Take a Notion”: Alexandra Bradbury and Julian Gonzalez

https://youtu.be/DbldvwCu5ek

"This Land is Your Land" Anti-Flag Ft. Nightwatchman & BigD

https://youtu.be/LKSm-24P9tU

Union City's Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin.

This week's labor history: Joe McCartin discusses “The largest worker uprising of the 19th century,” the Great Uprising of 1877. Joe and I also talk about When is it a “popular uprising” and when is it a “riot” (Spoiler alert: it depends on where you sit) and Joe also connects the 1877 uprising with the recent teacher strikes: both seemed spontaneous but were really the result of fuses lit long before they exploded into the public consciousness.

Regular contributor Saul Schniderman celebrates Woody Guthrie’s birthday by recounting the story of how Woody came to write “Union Maid” and Patrick Dixon takes us to Peru this week for a visit with Javier Puente, Assistant Professor of History at the Catholic University of Chile, who tells us about the general strike that took place in July 2004.

For this week’s Labor History Object of the Week, Ben Blake takes us deep into the George Meany Labor Archives for a very up close and personal look at what was in George’s desk when he retired after a 57-year career in organized labor.

Joe McCartin is professor of history at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.

Javier Puente is Assistant Professor of History at the Catholic University of Chile in Santiago.

Patrick Dixson is a research analyst at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.

Chris Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington AFL-CIO, hosts Union City Radio on WPFW 89.3FM.

Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at [email protected]

Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock.

Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services https://unionist.com/

This week's music:

“If The Workers Take a Notion”: Alexandra Bradbury and Julian Gonzalez

https://youtu.be/DbldvwCu5ek

"This Land is Your Land" Anti-Flag Ft. Nightwatchman & BigD

https://youtu.be/LKSm-24P9tU

Members of Local 26 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers -- or IBEW -- honored the memory of all veterans earlier this week by helping wash the walls of both the Vietnam and Korean war memorials in preparation for the July 4 independence celebration…

In today's labor history, NYC transit workers begin 3-week strike....Plus today’s labor quote by Eugene V. Debs.

Members of Local 26 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers -- or IBEW -- honored the memory of all veterans earlier this week by helping wash the walls of both the Vietnam and Korean war memorials in preparation for the July 4 independence celebration…

In today's labor history, NYC transit workers begin 3-week strike....Plus today’s labor quote by Eugene V. Debs.